Watkins will be offered millions to go to either the NRL or Union within, I'd guess, no more than a couple of seasons.

If it's purely a money thing then I doubt Leeds can do anything about it

When was Hall's last hat trick?

OT but he's being discussed on here, Watkins is immense. Developing into the best player in the league.

I said after the World Cup that he was the nearest thing in SL to Greg Inglis. Not seen anything this year to make me change my mind.

Certainly the only player in that competition with who was able to keep GI quiet.

That catch with one hand over his head was superb

Scored 3 for England in 42-0 World Cup defeat of Ireland at Huddersfield last November.

For Leeds it was 3 in the 18-38 defeat at Wakefield, on 30 July 2012.

So Friday was his first Leeds hat trick since Moon was signed, albeit in Moon's absence.

Its nothing to do with Moon. Hall has been fat and unfit ever since Moon signed and only starred for England because he forgot to take his stash of Mars Bars to the camp.

Watkins could be anything. I hope he stays at Leeds - if not then the NRL to keep him in league.

Didn't Hall score from two kicks? Kicks that we used to do very often to him a couple of years back? Just stating the obvious like.

Two from kicks and one from a Ward pass that didn't give him any room.

Ward gave him around 3 metres of space, Ward held his defender and was running straight he then put Hall one on one with his opposite winger who was not quite flat in the defensive line. That's the sort of scenario Hall will finish off more times than not. As soon as he received that pass from Ward I thought - try.
There is a world of difference between receiving a pass like the one Ward gave him and getting the ball from a centre who is drifting sideways and doesn't fix the defence so you get ball and the defender/s at the same time.

I thought it was a very good piece of centre play from Ward. Have to say it was probably the only bit of decent centre play from him. Still unsure why we didn't just put BJB there. I can't imagine Briscoe was tired.

Sorry, by no room, I meant no overlap. It was a regulation pass leaving Hall one-on-one. He was one-on-one against an awful winger in Jamie O'Callaghan, and I'd say he'd finish it off 100% of the time against that opposition however the pass from the centre came. It wasn't a criticism of Ward (though he had an otherwise poor game at centre) more another bit of evidence that Hall's hat-trick vs London was a very poor data to use against Moon.

Maybe it was for balance. As now the trio of Briscoe, Hall and BJB have all spent at least a week on the sidelines.

Agree, that would be stretching things a little.

We do like a balance.